Retainer for removable rotary bodies



May 28, 1929. Y L T wags, R 1,714,535

RETAINER FOR REMOVABLE ROTARY BODIES Filed April 28, 1928 M1 VEN 701%Patented May 28, 192%.

UNHTZE LOUIS TJWEISS, .13., or

BROOKLYN, NEW YonK.

RETAINER FOB REMOVABLE ROTARY BODIES.

Application filed April 28,

This invention has been developed with particular reference to its usein connection with reels for the drying of fishing lines, such as thatshown, for example, in Letters Patent of the United States, 1,310,816,dated July 22, 1919, but is capable of application wherever a bodycapable of rotation is moun ted removably on a stud or spindle, on whichit must be retained in operation and must be readily removabletherefrom. For convenience in description reference is made hereinafterto a reel as the body to be rotated, but it will be understood that suchterm is used for convenience only and as a name for any analogous rotarybody. The device with which the invention is particularly concerned, inits relation to the rotary body and the supporting stud, serves not onlyas a means for retaining the rotary body on its support but asaconvenient means for effecting the rotation of that body and also as aconvenient means for applying a brake or drag to such body, so thattension may be placed-on the line as it is drawn off from the reel, ifthe invention be applied, for example, in connection with a reel. Theinvention will be explained more fully hereinafter wit-h reference tothe accompanying drawing in which it is illustrated and in which:

Figure 1 is a view in elevation of a reel and support in connection withwhich the invention is applied.

FigureQ is a view of the same in elevation as seen from the left-hand inFigure 1.

Figure is a detail view on a larger scale, partly in elevation andpartly in section, showing the device in use as a retainer and crank.

Figure 1 is a view of the same in elevation as seen from the right-handin Figure Figure 5 is a view similar to Figure 1 but showing theretainer in release position and partly broken away to save space.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 3 but wholly in elevation andshowing the device in use as a retainer and drag.

Figure 7 is a view of the same as seen from the right hand in Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a view in elevation showing the support and stud on whichthe reel or rotary body is to be mounted.

Figure 9 is an edge view of the hub of the reel or rotary body with theretainer in re-. leased position.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawing a standarda is shown 1928. Serial No. 273,507.

as supporting at its upper end a stud b which 15 represented as having'astop flange and,

near its outer end, a circumferential groove Z2 and head 6 The rotarybody, in the construction illustrated, is the hub c of a reel,

the arms 0 of which are formed to receive a fishing line to be dried orany other line which is to be wound upon the reel or drawn oil from thesame. Pivoted'eccentrically upon the hub 0, as by means of a pin (Zengaged in a hole 0 of the hub 0, is a retainer cZ which may be notchedon one side, as at (Hand is adapted to engage the groove 6 of the rotarybody 0, thus preventing the rotary body fromaccidental displacementfromthe stud b. The retainer 1s shown as having a handle 6Z3 forming a crankby which the reel can be ro- 'tated when desired. For the purpose ofsecuring driving engagement between the retainer and the rotary body andfor the pur pose also of preventing accidental displacement of theretainer, the latter is provided on its inner side with a roundedprojection d, which may be formed by indenting the retainer, as shown inFigure 3, such projection being adapted to enter the hole or recess 0formed in the rotary body 0. lVhen the pro-. jection (Z is in engagementwith the hole or recess 0 as shown in Figures 8 and 4, the rotary bodyis free to be rotated on the stud Z), the retainer entering the groove 6freely. Means is provided, however, for 'efiecting frictional engagementbetween the retainer and the stud for the purpose of putting a drag orbrake on the rotary body or reel and for this purpose the retainer isdisplaced slightly .0. 1 irom the position shown in riguies 3 and e sothat the proyection (Z' shall rest against the rotary body and theretainer be thereby caused to bear against the head 6 of the stud Z), asshown in Figures 6 and 7, thereby action to preventfoverrunning of thereel when the line is being exerting a braking drawn off therefrom. I

When it is desired to remove the rotary body from the reel or otherrotary'body from its supporting stud the retainer is turned upon itspivot to the position indicated in Figures tary body from the stud andpermitting it to be withdrawn bodily.

I claim as my invention:

1. The combination of a rotary body, a

stud on which the rotary body is mounted.

the stud having a groove at its outer end, a

5 and 9, thereby disengagingthe roretainer eccentrically pivoted on therotary body and adapted to engage the stud to prevent accidentaldisplacement of the rotary body, and means to eifectfrictional'engagement of the retainer and the stud.

2. The combination of a rotary body, a stud on Which the rotary bodyis'mounted, the stud having a groove at its outer end, and a retainereccentrically pivoted on the rotary body and adapted to engage the studto prevent aoeidental displacement of the rotary 10 This specificationsigned this 23d day of 15 April A. D. 1928.

LOUIS T. WEISS, JR;

